Achieving and maintaining HIPAA compliance is critical for the long-term success of healthcare organizations and their business associates. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) establishes strict requirements for…
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For organizations looking to begin penetration testing, two available options include online (automated) and offline (manual) tests. While automating allows for more frequent and faster testing, manual testing has its…
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Service organizations that need to become SOC 2 compliant often struggle with scoping out their SOC 2 Report. Other issues include covering gaps in the control layout and allocating the…
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In the world of financial transactions, the acronym PCI is the most common term used and refers to the Payment Card Industry. (The longer version is PCI DSS, or Payment…
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The impending European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) represents a sea-change in a company’s security strategies, transcending checkbox compliance programs.
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Looking to pen test your website? Follow this five-step plan for a successful exercise: Prepare your defenses to ensure simulated attacks provide the deepest insights Negotiate with the testing team…
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Without a doubt, Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and the blockchain are in the process of revolutionizing the entire landscape of global finance. Experts from major think tanks like the MIT Technology Review…
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What compels your click? By now most of us recognize obvious spam emails that invite you to view celebrity gossip news or lure you in via offers of free travel…
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In cybersecurity terms, a “risk” represents how much harm a threat or vulnerability can cause to your personnel, clientele, and other stakeholders. The role of risk control in risk management…
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Millions of customer and patient records are exposed every year as a result of ongoing data breaches that target every industry imaginable. A foolproof data breach management policy can help…